Every tiger death recorded by India’s tiger-range states, as published by the National Tiger Conservation Authority — tracked here since 2012.
NTCA data through 17 October 2026 · Last checked 20 October 2026
Deaths by year, 2012–2026
As of 17 October 2026, with two and a half months of 2026 still to run, this year’s toll of 144 has already overtaken 11 of the 13 complete years NTCA has published, with only 2023 (182) and 2025 (174) recording more.
Cause of death, 2012–2019
NTCA’s own published classification. Not carried forward in this form after 2020.
“Unnatural” = unnatural causes other than poaching, per NTCA’s classification.
Inside or outside a reserve, 2021–2026
Counted from NTCA’s incident-level rows. The figure on the right is the share of deaths recorded outside a tiger reserve.
2026 runs to 17 October. For 2025, 172 of NTCA’s 174 rows say whether the death was inside or outside a reserve.
All years
| Year | Total | Natural | Unnatural | Scrutiny | Poaching | Seizure | Inside | Outside | Leading state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to 17 Oct) | 144 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 81 | 63 | Madhya Pradesh (49) |
| 2025 | 174 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 81 | 91 | Madhya Pradesh (53) |
| 2024 | 129 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 61 | 68 | Madhya Pradesh (47) |
| 2023 | 182 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 83 | 99 | Maharashtra (46) |
| 2022 | 121 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 68 | 53 | Madhya Pradesh (34) |
| 2021 | 130 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 65 | 65 | Madhya Pradesh (41) |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 95 | 28 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 101 | 45 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 117 | 57 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 17 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 121 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 22 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 82 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 78 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 68 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 88 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 16 | — | — | — |
For 2012–19, “Seizure” is NTCA’s cause-of-death category. From 2021 it is the incident flag for recovered tiger parts, a different measure, since NTCA stopped publishing a cause-of-death split after 2020.
Methodology & caveats
All figures come directly from NTCA’s own tiger-mortality page and are updated whenever its list changes. NTCA publishes no breakdown for 2020. The ≈181 projection divides 2026’s deaths so far by the days elapsed and scales to a full year. Leading-state counts follow the state named in NTCA’s own rows.